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Logistics of a revolution: Don’t forget the toilet paper

1:12 pm September 3, 2009, by jgalloway

Tea party enthusiasts are being asked to rally at Roswell City Hall at 5 p.m. today to attend an emergency city council meeting.

Simultaneous with larger rallies in Washington, backers have planned their own anti-tax gathering in Roswell for Sept. 12. But the city is now second-guessing itself on whether to have the municipal buildings and — most importantly, its air-conditioned restrooms — open on a Saturday.

“We are expecting many WWII vets and senior citizens to attend. These bathrooms will be much more hospitable and accessible for their use than the port-a-potties we will have located to the very back of the grounds. It has been recommended that we have as many people as we can to show public support at this emergency meeting,” the rallying note sent out this morning notes.

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ByteMe

September 3rd, 2009
2:16 pm

So if I understand this right: they want to hold an anti-tax rally, but force Roswell to keep the municipal buildings open — spending lots of Roswell taxpayer money — to make it more convenient for the people at the rally?

Burb Lizard

September 3rd, 2009
2:38 pm

No one at City Hall seems to want to answer the question of exactly WHY the City Council is having an “emergency meeting” and why there is no announcement posted on the website.

VoiceOfReason

September 3rd, 2009
2:48 pm

I’m not exactly sure that the government should use tax-payer dollars to subsidize anti-government rallies. Can’t the free market take care of this?

Why?

September 3rd, 2009
3:05 pm

The tea-baggers should pay the city to use the toilets. There should be socialist tea parties.

Why?

September 3rd, 2009
3:06 pm

There should be NO socialist tea parties.

Burb Lizard

September 3rd, 2009
3:21 pm

Feel free to email the city council members:
rdippolito@roswellgov.com; bwynn@roswellgov.com; dtolleson@roswellgov.com; kigleheart@roswellgov.com; jorlans@roswellgov.com; lhenry@roswellgov.com

Get a Grip Libs

September 3rd, 2009
3:21 pm

I hate to spoil your silly posts by throwing logic in the mix, but those tea-baggers already pay taxes. As such, the city has an obligation to make its facilities available to its citizens. You guys might want to read this document we have called the Constitution sometime. It’s OK to protest against the government…it says so in that pesky little First Ammendment.

Burb Lizard

September 3rd, 2009
4:19 pm

Get a grip, as much as it gives you pleasure to think “libs” are anti-protest, (wha?) the First Amendment is not the issue. The issue is whether special requests should be granted for tea-baggers that are beyond the scope of what is allowed other groups asking to utilize the property.

TeePee

September 3rd, 2009
8:36 pm

They should show up with pickets saying “Flush those government-run toilets – We prefer to do it in the rough.”

VoiceOfReason

September 3rd, 2009
9:59 pm

In response to the “Get a Grip” comment…
The point is not that the teabaggers don’t have the right to use municipal services like all citizens, it’s that they are asking the city of Roswell to burn *additional* resources and tax dollars to have these facilities available on a day they would otherwise be closed so they can protest taxes and government. There is no “logic” in that at all, and I wouldn’t blame the Roswell city council for denying their absurd request. If they want to protest taxes, it would be best to demonstrate in a way that reduces the requirements on government to prove their own point that these taxes are not needed.

Sarge

September 8th, 2009
3:47 am

LATREE

socialismsux

September 13th, 2009
7:38 am

It’s not anti-tax. It’s about waste and theft.